WEST BANK: Palestinian mourners clash with Israeli troops after funeral of a youth in Beit Ummar

Record ID: 559863

  • Title: WEST BANK: Palestinian mourners clash with Israeli troops after funeral of a youth in Beit Ummar
  • Date: 30th January 2011
  • Summary: VARIOUS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE MARCHING DURING FUNERAL ROCKS BEING THROWN AT ISRAELI ARMY WATCHTOWER PEOPLE THROWING STONES YOUTHS THROWING STONES YOUTHS THROWING AT ISRAELI WATCHTOWER ROCKS BEING THROWN AT WATCHTOWER MORE OF YOUTH THROWING STONES ISRAELI SOLDIER SHOOTING TEAR GAS ISRAELI ARMY JEEP ISRAELI SOLDIER FIRING TEAR GAS AMBULANCE ARRIVING WOUNDED MAN ON THE GROUND WOUNDED MAN BEING PUT IN AMBULANCE ISRAELI SOLDIERS FIRING YOUTH THROWING LARGE STONE AT ISRAELI ARMY JEEP DRIVING THROW PALESTINIAN VILLAGE
  • Embargoed: 14th February 2011 12:00
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  • Location: West bank, West bank
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  • Country: Palestinian Territories
  • Topics: International Relations,Defence / Military
  • Reuters ID: LVA62QDZZ8BNNE9BJ3FG7FNVZWW0
  • Story Text: Palestinian mourners clash with Israeli troops who use tear gas and rubber-coated bullets after the funeral of a youth in the West Bank.
    Palestinian mourners clashed with Israeli troops who used tear gas and rubber-coated bullets after the funeral of a youth in the West Bank on Saturday (January 29), Palestinian witnesses and the army said.
    Thousands of mourners marched during the funeral processions of Youssef Fakhri-Khlil, 17, who died of his wounds after being shot by Jewish settlers in the West Bank on Friday.
    The mourners hurled rocks at soldiers after the funeral.
    An army spokeswoman said troops responded with "riot dispersal means".
    Palestinian medical workers at the scene said 16 protesters had been treated for gas inhalation and six others had been hit by the rubber-coated steel pellets although none of the injuries was serious.
    The shooting incident was the second in two days after 19-year-old Oday Kaddous was shot dead on Thursday (January 27) near the city of Nablus, further north in the occupied West Bank.
    Six Palestinians have died in the West Bank in various incidents involving Israeli troops since the start of 2011.
    Violence in the West Bank has largely subsided in the past few years, but Israeli military officials have warned in private that the stalled peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians could stoke tensions and break the status quo.
    The Palestinian Government Media Center called on the international community "to do more to prevent attacks on Palestinian civilians ... The Israeli government cannot evade its responsibility for these cold-blooded crimes. The killers must be brought to justice and punished," a statement said.
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